Container for bolts of textile fabric



. J. M QulsToN CONTAINER FOR BOLTS OF TEXTILE FABRIC Filed Nov. 17. 1922 z-sneets-slieet 1 Jan. 1, 1924 1,479,723 J. M QUISTON CONTAINER FOR BOLTS OF TEXTILE FABRIC Filed Nov. 17. 1922 Z'She'etS-Sheet jizverziar,

Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

STATES PATENT. QFFICE. I

J'AJEES MCQUISTON, OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BOSTON MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, 1901, OF WALTHAM, lvIASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CONTAINER FOR BOLTS OF TEXTILE FABRIC.

Application filed November 17, 1922. Serial No. 601,668.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MoQnls'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing in lValtham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Containers for Bolts of Textile Fabric, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a wrapper or container for bolts of textile fabrics and the like and has for its object to provide a wrapper or container adapted to cover and profeet the body of the fabric from soil and also to expose a small but substantial portion thereof to view and feel whereby the figure and texture of the fabric in the wrapper may be determined without removing the wrapper.

A further object is to provide aconvenient repository for the tag usuallyattached to the bolt and in which it will be protected from accidental defacement and detachment.

and from which it may be readily removed for inspection.

The wrapper or container for the bolt, embodying my invention is so arranged that a portion of the goods, and preferably an end fold, is exposed to view and feel, while covering and protecting the body of the fabric; and for the purpose the wrapper may be cut and folded to enclose the bolt in a manner to expose a corner of the top fold of the fabric. The is readily inserted in the opening so that the tag and'fabric are conveniently ar ranged for simultaneous inspection.

l ig. 1 is a plan view of a container embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wrapper sheet in readiness to receive the bolt of fabric.

Fig. 3 is a detail of the sheet illustrating the manner of folding back a corner thereof for the purpose of exposing a portion of the top fold of the fabric.

Fig. 4 is a detail illustrating the manner of tucking a flap formed from a side portion of the sheet under the top fold of the fabric.

Fig. 5 is an end detail of Fig. 4..

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 and illustrating the main body of a side-portion of the sheet arranged over the bolt and the flap disposed under the top fold of the fabric.

Fig. 7 is a detail illustrating the opposite side portion of the sheet folded over the previously folded over side-portion of the sheet and exposing a corner portion of the top fold of the goods Figs. 8, 9' and 10 illustrate progressively the various steps in folding the ends of the wrapper.

As here shown, my invention is applied to a bolt 16 of textile fabric which, following more or less common practice, may comprise a plurality of convolutions or folds of fabric formed, usually, on a flat core; and the last fold 16 of the fabric is outermost. The wrapper sheet 10 adapted to cover and pro tect such a bolt of textile fabric and form the wrapper or container embodying my invention is formed with the V-shaped notch 11 extended inward from'the top edge a thereof adapted to receive the string connecting the stock tag with the bolt. The sheet also has the slit 12 extended inward from a side edge Z) thereof, and located sufliciently below the top edge a to form a relatively narrow flap 13say three or four inches wide. The depth of said slit is such that said flap 13 when folded over the bolt of fabric and tucked under the top fold will remain in place; and the length-of the flap is preferably about equal to the width of the bolt. A. reinforcing member 14, as paper and cloth, may be adhesively or otherwise secured to the sheet at the end of said slit to prevent tearing of the sheet at this point.

The sheet, as above described, may be wrapped about the bolt of goods in a manner hereinafter to be described but preferably the sheetis further shaped before wrapping. The side-portion of the sheet opposite the flap-portion, preferably, is folded over upon itself, as at 0, to form a relatively stiff edge 03 which, where the sheet is wrapped about the bolt of goods, is adapted to be outermost and lie along a side edge of the bolt. The doubled sheet will resist tearing more successfully than a single sheet. A corner 15 of the side-portion opposite the flap 13 is folded back upon the body of the sheet and preferably back upon the inner face of the sheet.

The sheet prepared, as above set forth, is wrapped about the bolt of goods in the following manner The bolt 16, see Fig. 4, and following, is placed upon the sheet substantially in the middle thereof, with all sides of the sheet projecting beyond the bolt, and so that the edge-portion 0 of the sheet, when folded over the bolt, will practically cover the top thereof; and the last fold 16 of the goods is adapted to be on top. The notch 11 is adapted to bepositioned about in the longitudinal middle and at one end of the bolt and the string 20 of the'tag 21 is received in said notch. The flap 13 is, tucked under the top fold 16 as illustrated more particularly in Figs. 4 and 5. The main edge-portion b is then folded over the top fold and temporarily held in place. The edge-portion 0 of the sheet is then brought over and folded down upon said edge portion 6 and that portion of'the top-fold exposed by placing the flap 18 under the fold.

The top and bottom ends of the sheet may be. folded over in any suitable manner to protect the ends of the bolt, as by first turning in the corners e and f, then bends ing up the edges perpendicularly to the bolt, as in Fig. 8, then folding over the. top edges down to about the level of the top of the bolt as in Fi 9 and a ain foldin the re- 7 b 7 b b viously folded portion downward against the end of the bolt, as in Fig. 1O. Thestring 20 ofthe tag will lie between the folds.

A. string 30, Fig. 1, passed about the parcel and tied serves to hold the wrapped sheet in position.

The completed parcel is illustrated in Fig.

' 1. It will be noted that by folding the flap 13 under the top fold of the goods, and turning in the corner 15 of the sheet, a cornerportion in the top fold of the goods is exposed to view and feel while the parcel is securely tied and while the. remainder of the boltis adequately covered and protected.

The tag 21 may be slipped between the wrapper sheet and the top fold of the goods at the exposed portion thereof as illustrated inFig. 1 and readily withdrawn for inspection and thereafter replaced and will be protected against accidental defacement or detachment.

I claim:

1. A bolt of textile fabric havingra protective sheet, a side portion of-which is cut to form a relatively broad body portion and a relatively narrow flap portion, the body portion folded over the top fold of the fabric and the flap portion tucked under the top fold, thereby to cover a side edge and the major portion of the top fold and leave uncovered a portion of 'the'top fold corresponding to the width of theflap portion and cover lower folds of the fabric, and the opposite side portion of the sheet folded over the first side portion and the uncovered portion of the top fold of fabric, said second side portion havinga corner portion above the flap-portion turned over to expose a portion of the top fold of fabric.

2. A wrapper sheet for a bolt of textile fabric having a slit in one side portion to provide a flap portion at one corner of the sheet, and having the corner portion of the other side portion opposite the flap folded back upon the body of the sheet.

3. A wrapper sheet for a bolt of textile fabric having a notch in about the middle of its top edge and a slit ina side portion whereby to provide a relatively narrow flap at the top of the sheet, and having the top corner of the other side portion opposite the flap folded back upon the body of the sheet.

1. A wrapper for a bolt of textile fabric having a notch in about the middle of its top edge and a side-portion slit to form a flap at the top of the sheet, the other side portion having a reflexed edge portion and its top corner opposite the flap folded back upon the body of the sheet.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES M QUISTON. 

